In 2015 Uber made 9 million rides in New Jersey, and the article said they were ordered to pay $50M in employment taxes in that year, so drivers would be forced to give up $6 per ride extra in taxes. I don't think the drivers would want this.

In order to make the taxes not ridiculous Uber would be forced to start declining people who want to start riding, you'd have job interviews with an application process ensuring that the driver is going to be worth the significant employee tax, since a driver only driving a single time will cost them significant amounts. That is how normal businesses do this, and I think it would be a huge loss. The ability for anyone to just start driving for Uber with no questions asked is extremely progressive, not sure why anyone is trying to ruin that. I don't understand why people think that making money needs to be so controlled like it is today.

Source on number of rides in New Jersey:

https://eu.app.com/story/news/traffic/commuting/2015/11/12/u...

> so drivers would be forced to give up $6 per ride extra in taxes.

how is this different than anyone else who has to work in the state? You can replace drivers with almost any other job. Why should uber drivers get special treatment when its comes to paying taxes?